Midstream Oil & Gas Operations

Midstream Oil & Gas Operations

1 Weeks
Professional Level
Certificate Included
Course Content

Available Events

Available Events
CityDatePriceStatus
OnlineOnline
October 15, 2026
€2,400
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AmsterdamNetherlands
October 18, 2026
€4,900
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DubaiUnited Arab Emirates
October 20, 2026
€4,400
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LisbonPortugal
October 26, 2026
€4,800
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SingaporeSingapore
November 4, 2026
€5,100
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LondonUnited Kingdom
November 13, 2026
£4,800
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ParisFrance
November 17, 2026
€4,900
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Kuala LumpurMalaysia
November 21, 2026
€4,800
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TunisTunis
December 6, 2026
€4,400
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GenevaSwitzerland
December 29, 2026
€4,900
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IstanbulTurkey
January 14, 2027
€4,400
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Course Information

Duration

1 Weeks

Category

Oil & Gas

Level

Professional Level

Certificate

Included

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Midstream Oil & Gas Operations is a comprehensive professional program designed to develop practical expertise in hydrocarbon transportation, storage, processing, and distribution. The course examines the critical infrastructure connecting upstream production with refineries, petrochemical facilities, export terminals, and downstream markets. Participants explore pipeline systems, pumping and compression stations, storage terminals, gas processing facilities, and marine transportation operations. The program explains how crude oil, natural gas, and refined products are safely moved through complex logistics networks. Participants develop practical understanding of flow behavior, operating controls, measurement systems, asset integrity, and maintenance requirements. The course also addresses pipeline hydraulics, gas compression, storage management, metering, custody transfer, and product quality. Operational risk, process safety, emergency response, environmental protection, and regulatory compliance receive significant attention throughout the program. Practical exercises connect technical principles with realistic midstream operational challenges and decision-making scenarios. By completing the program, participants strengthen their ability to support safe, reliable, efficient, and commercially effective midstream oil and gas operations.

INTRODUCTION

The midstream oil and gas sector provides the essential infrastructure required to transport, store, process, and deliver hydrocarbons. Its operations connect producing fields with processing plants, refineries, terminals, export facilities, and end markets. Effective midstream management requires integration across pipelines, compression, pumping, storage, measurement, logistics, maintenance, and safety functions. Equipment failures or operational disruptions can affect supply continuity, product quality, environmental performance, and commercial commitments. This course provides a structured examination of the systems, equipment, and management practices supporting modern midstream operations. Participants study liquid pipelines, gas transmission networks, terminals, storage facilities, processing systems, and transportation interfaces. The program emphasizes operating principles, process monitoring, integrity management, troubleshooting, and performance optimization. Case studies help participants evaluate operational problems, risks, and improvement opportunities across integrated midstream assets. The course provides a strong foundation for professionals seeking broader competence in oil and gas transportation, storage, processing, and logistics.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Participants will achieve the following objectives by this course:

  • Explain the role and structure of the midstream oil and gas sector.
  • Describe major systems for hydrocarbon transportation, storage, processing, and distribution.
  • Understand operating principles of liquid and natural gas pipeline networks.
  • Analyze pumping, compression, pressure control, and flow management requirements.
  • Explain storage terminal operations and safe hydrocarbon inventory management practices.
  • Understand metering, measurement, allocation, and custody transfer principles.
  • Identify major asset integrity threats and appropriate monitoring strategies.
  • Apply systematic troubleshooting techniques to common midstream operational problems.
  • Evaluate safety, environmental, emergency response, and regulatory requirements.
  • Improve operational reliability, efficiency, and commercial performance across midstream assets.

TARGET AUDIENCE

This program targets a professional audience seeking to improve knowledge and skills:

  • Pipeline operators responsible for liquid and natural gas transmission systems and daily operations.
  • Operations engineers supporting transportation, storage, compression, pumping, and terminal activities.
  • Maintenance professionals responsible for equipment reliability, inspection, repairs, and preventive maintenance programs.
  • Mechanical engineers working with pumps, compressors, valves, tanks, and rotating equipment.
  • Instrumentation specialists supporting metering, automation, control, monitoring, and communication systems.
  • Terminal and storage personnel managing hydrocarbon receipt, inventory, transfer, and dispatch operations.
  • Integrity professionals responsible for corrosion, inspection, risk assessment, and pipeline condition management.
  • Safety and environmental professionals supporting operational risk control and regulatory compliance.
  • Managers overseeing midstream assets, logistics, reliability, performance, and investment decisions.

COURSE OUTLINE

Day 1: Midstream Industry Structure and Integrated Hydrocarbon Logistics

  • Role of midstream operations within the oil and gas value chain.
  • Major crude oil, gas, and refined product transportation networks.
  • Integrated movement from production facilities to markets and export terminals.
  • Physical properties affecting hydrocarbon transportation, handling, and storage.
  • Overview of pipelines, terminals, processing plants, and transportation interfaces.
  • Key participants, contracts, tariffs, nominations, and commercial responsibilities.
  • Operational coordination across production, transportation, storage, and delivery systems.
  • Understanding capacity, throughput, constraints, and network utilization.
  • Major operational risks affecting midstream reliability and continuity.

Day 2: Liquid Pipeline, Pumping and Flow Management Operations

  • Liquid pipeline configurations, components, equipment, and operating philosophies.
  • Fundamentals of pressure, flow, friction, elevation, and hydraulic behavior.
  • Pump types, performance characteristics, operating ranges, and station configurations.
  • Pipeline startup, shutdown, line filling, displacement, and normal operations.
  • Batch transportation, product interfaces, contamination control, and sequencing.
  • Managing pressure surges, transient conditions, leaks, and abnormal flow behavior.
  • Pigging operations for cleaning, inspection, and pipeline performance improvement.
  • Monitoring pipeline performance using control and communication systems.
  • Troubleshooting reduced throughput, pressure losses, and pumping system problems.

Day 3: Gas Transmission, Compression and Processing Operations

  • Natural gas transmission network configurations and operating requirements.
  • Gas properties, pressure behavior, compressibility, and transportation fundamentals.
  • Compressor types, station arrangements, operating envelopes, and performance monitoring.
  • Suction separation, cooling, filtration, and liquid removal requirements.
  • Managing compressor surge, recycle control, vibration, and temperature limitations.
  • Gas dehydration, sweetening, conditioning, and quality specification fundamentals.
  • Linepack management, nominations, balancing, and network pressure control.
  • Metering stations, pressure regulation, and gas delivery operations.
  • Troubleshooting capacity restrictions, compression problems, and gas quality deviations.

Day 4: Storage Terminals, Metering and Custody Transfer Systems

  • Functions and configurations of oil, gas, and product storage facilities.
  • Storage tank types, operating limits, inventory control, and tank management.
  • Receipt, transfer, blending, loading, unloading, and dispatch operations.
  • Tank gauging, volume calculations, temperature correction, and inventory reconciliation.
  • Metering technologies for liquid and gas measurement applications.
  • Custody transfer principles, uncertainty, calibration, and measurement accuracy.
  • Marine terminal operations, loading systems, and transportation interfaces.
  • Preventing overfill, spills, contamination, losses, and product quality problems.
  • Troubleshooting measurement discrepancies and inventory imbalance issues.

Day 5: Asset Integrity, Safety, Reliability and Operational Optimization

  • Major pipeline threats including corrosion, cracking, damage, and geohazards.
  • Integrity management programs using inspection, monitoring, assessment, and mitigation.
  • Internal corrosion, external corrosion, cathodic protection, and chemical treatment.
  • Leak detection, emergency isolation, incident response, and recovery planning.
  • Process safety principles for pipelines, terminals, and processing facilities.
  • Reliability improvement through maintenance planning and condition monitoring.
  • Environmental management for emissions, spills, waste, and sensitive locations.
  • Performance indicators for throughput, availability, losses, energy, and reliability.
  • Developing integrated improvement strategies for safer and more efficient operations.

COURSE DURATION

Duration: 1 Weeks

This intensive professional program is delivered over five consecutive training days and combines expert instruction, technical explanations, system reviews, practical exercises, operational scenarios, troubleshooting workshops, case studies, and guided discussions to develop comprehensive capabilities in midstream oil and gas transportation, pipeline operations, compression, storage, metering, asset integrity, safety, reliability, and optimization.

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION

The program is delivered by an internationally certified expert with extensive practical and consulting experience in midstream oil and gas operations, pipeline systems, hydrocarbon transportation, storage terminals, gas compression, metering, asset integrity, process safety, reliability, and operational optimization, providing participants with practical knowledge derived from real industry environments and international practices.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Yes, it integrates liquid transportation, gas transmission, storage, processing, and terminals.

CONCLUSION

This program provides a comprehensive understanding of modern midstream oil and gas operations and infrastructure. Participants develop practical capabilities across transportation, storage, processing, measurement, integrity, and logistics. The course strengthens operational decision-making, troubleshooting, safety awareness, reliability, and performance optimization. Practical exercises connect technical principles with realistic pipeline, terminal, compression, and storage challenges. Graduates leave better prepared to support safe, efficient, reliable, and commercially effective midstream operations.

Midstream Oil & Gas Operations

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